Ok, so I know I'm new too (and certainly no expert from experience), but, a couple of things I have picked up in my readings that might help......

- Make sure you eat enough fat
- Make sure you drink all your water... i'd say 1 litre for each
100 pounds
- Make sure you are eating enough
- I see you mention the Darrell Lea chocolate??
Well, be careful of these lo-carb, no-carb sweets during
Induction. Its best to limit them or cut them out altogether
until your body is buring fat efficiently and losing well. They can
prevent you from losing weight in the beginning.
- Keep the Induction period diet as pure and free of
artificial stuff as possible
- Make sure you are eating your Salad and Vegetatables -
make up your 20 grams of carbs with pure natural food.
- Stay away from Caffiene (switch to herbal tea and decaf)
Caffiene has much the same effect as sugar on your insulin
- If you are drinking soft drink, make sure it is free of aspartamine
(that's #951 in the codings). Aspartamine is, from everything
I've read, one of the main culprits for preventing the scales
going down.

I think its normal for a lot of people to feel pretty lousey the first week. I had terrible "carb withdrawal" the 2nd and 3rd day. But, stick with it Debbie, you will soon be feeling fabulous.

You say you already lost 11 pounds... was that during the first 2 weeks? If that's the case, this could just be a stall while your body is readjusting. I hear that's pretty normal for weeks 3 and 4.


K-Lou